Walsh: High-performance training tech develops through a two-way consumer funnel
Andy Walsh · a16z Podcast | Breaking the Barriers of Human Potential · Jan 2, 2019 · at 15:36
Andy Walsh, Director of High Performance at Red Bull, describes how simplified consumer hardware innovations loop back to improve systems for elite athletes.
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“Those consumer-driven needs are actually helping us create simple systems that we can then employ back up the chain. So it's always this two-way funnel.”
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